The Lost Colony of Roanoke

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The Lost Colony of Roanoke is also known as Roanoke Colony.

The Roanoke Colony was located on Roanoke Island in today's Dare County, North Carolina in the States.

Information about Dare County today :

1 http://www.co.dare.nc.us

2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dare_County,_North_Carolina

This was an attempt by Queen Elizabeth I establish a permanent English colony in America.

Sir Humphrey Gilbert (see) was the one who originally organized and financed this venture. Then, his half-brother Sir Walter Raleigh took over the charter from the queen. Raleigh then assigned Sir Richard Grenville (his distant cousin) and Ralph Lane as his delegates.

The Roanoke Colony was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh.

MORE TO COME.

Adrian Gilbert

Distant relation and ancestor on my family tree.

Brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert.

February 06, 1584  brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, received Letters Patent to continue the search for the Northwest Passage.

Sir Humphrey Gilbert

Another spelling is: Sir Humphrey Gylberte.

He is a distant relation and ancestor of mine.

He lived 1538 to September 09, 1583. Age 44 or so was when he died.

He was born in Greenway, Brixham, Devon, England. 

Parents are: Otho (or Otto or Otes) Gilbert and Catherine Champermowne. Otho was of Compton Castle and was the son of Thomas Gilbert and Isabel Reynward. Otho was born August 05, 1513 to 1518 and died February 18, 1547 to 1547. 

He was the fifth son of his parents, according to one source. He was the second son, according to another source. I will research and answer this. RESEARCH AND WRITE MORE. 

One source says he had six sons and 1 daughter. Another source says he had two sons: John and Raleigh Gilbert. I WILL RESEARCH MORE.

His brothers were: Sir John Gilbert and Adrian Gilbert (see).

His half brothers were: Carew Raleigh and Sir Walter Raleigh. They shared the same mother, Catherine Champermowne.

Cousin of Sir Richard Grenville.

The family seat was Compton Castle. 

Married Anne Aucher in 1570 and they had six sons and one daughter.

His titles were: Explorer, adventurer, soldier, member of parliament, and pioneer.

He is the first colonizer of England.

He was not a sailor, but knew how to circumnavigate.

See 1570-1579 Timeline at:
http://familytreesoftheusa.blogspot.com/2016/05/1570-1579-timeline.html

See Timeline 1580-1589:
http://familytreesoftheusa.blogspot.com/2016/05/1580-1589-timeline.html

1580-1589 Timeline

Note: I will keep adding to this, so please make sure to check back here periodically.

1580

1578-1580 Sir Francis Drake circumnavigate the world.

1583

June 11, 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert made his second attempt to find where to plant an English colony in America. They left Plymouth, England on this day. They arrived in Newfoundland on August 03, 1583.

August 03, 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert and crew arrived in Newfoundland.

August 29, 1583, the "Delight" sunk. One hundred souls were lost, along with many of Sir Humphrey Gilbert's records. The "Delight" was part of the June 11th expedition.

September 09, 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert sank at sea in the "Squirrel." It was on his return home to England from the June 11th expedition.

1584

February 06, 1584 Adrian Gilbert, brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, received Letters Patent to continue the search for the Northwest Passage.

March 25, 1584 Sir Humphrey Gilbert's half brother, Sir Walter Raleigh, received a Royal Patent to explore and setup a colony to the South.

1584 Queen Elizabeth I gave Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh Royal Charter to set up a colony in lands that are not Christian lands.

1584-1587 is a period of time known as Raleigh's Roanoke Voyages.

Where to Begin: A Look at History Through My Family Tree

THE PLAN AND STARTING POINT OF THIS BLOG

Where should I begin? The truth is I can start with Adam from the Bible or with several other individuals and several other nations. However, I have decided to start with the history of the United States of America. I live here and my immediate family tree is from here, after all. This is the best point in time in which to begin, needless to say. Never mind how our current events, nationally and globally, have made me all the more curious as to our beginnings as a nation and how the values and principles have sustained us to this point.

I have chosen the year 1585 to begin my pursuit of getting to know American history through my family tree. But, why start here?

People lived in what we now call the USA for many years before 1585, but this is when the King of England, and the explorers, had the vision to have a permanent English settlement in North America. It is where our values and principles had their foundation.  I could start before this point, and will one day, but I have decided this is where I will begin.

I also have decided I will tell the historical facts through the eyes of my ancestors and will do so in story form. I will share a story of what might have been, based off of the historical facts, and will convey what happened in the day and the ramifications of what it meant then and what it means today. Some will be written as though it was a journal and some will be in conversation. I call it historical storytelling. It is much like a historical reenactment, but done on the page and not on the stage or at the historical site.

For the first glimpses of American History, I have several distant ancestors and a few direct relations from this period of time.